Beginner Gardening: Let's See Your ARBORS and TRELLISES! Part 3, 0 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
By sheer chance, I saw this thread come up on the active list of threads spotlighted on DG. The title of the thread got my attention! I love vines! All kinds! So the minute I saw Arbors and Trellis ... I popped right on over here. I think the title should also include "Pergola" too! First off, I just have to say what an excellent thread topic this is! Second, I am very impressed with all the beautiful vertical structures everyone has created! They are amazing!! And third, thanks for some absolutely inspiring ideas!

I have a sloping backyard and have been wracking my brain on how to create beds down the slope. Thanks to IRIS for the fabulous step-up garden beds! That is exactly what I need to build! What a great idea!!! Yours looks beautiful. And guess what ... I have lots of daylilies that I grew from seed this year that would find step-up garden beds the ideal location to thrive and bloom! I love your pathway, too! And your arbor is beautiful! WOW! Perfect!!!

So many unique ideas on these 3 threads! I am wanting to build a small pergola at the back of my house that currently looks so bare in that area. I already have Sweet Autumn clematis growing and blooming in two pots. I want to plant them in beds at the sides of the pergola and let them climb up and over the top of this small pergola that I have already planned out in my mind. But I couldn't figure out how to add seating to that pergola until I saw someone's photos of the benches attached to two sides of the pergola. That is exactly what I am going to build. But I am also going to add built-in small tables attached to the benches that will be built right into the 2 sides of the pergola. That will give me a place to place drinks, magazines, even a container of potted plants!

I can not tell you how many great ideas I got from just these 3 threads! Thank you. :-)

My dh and I used a concrete mold to create a cottage stone outdoor patio. Then we added a picket fence around the patio, added garden beds along the fence, and built an arbor to top it all off! Going through the arbor leads out to my butterfly and hummingbird garden. My idea is to create several different garden rooms in my backyard. I want to eliminate most of the grass and replace with paths and garden beds. I want more arbors, trellises, and something to divide the rooms ... be it shrubs, fencing, or short walls made of stone or whatever I can get my hands on for cheap! LOL!

Here is a photo of my arbor and patio area.